诺曼底登陆战中的风笛吹奏者比尔•米林于2010年8月17日辞世，享年88岁。

Bill Millin, piper at the D-Day landings, died on August 17th, aged 88.

作为大规模登陆战的前锋，正是这些伞兵们的枪声拉开了“第二战场”的帏幕。

It was the sound of the gunfire of these paratroopers, the spearheads of the enormous landing forces that declared the opening of the second front.